Barren County, Kentucky

Founding: 1799
Parent counties: Green and Warren

Namesake: The Barren River
Seat: Glasgow (1799–)

Land area: 488 square miles

Population (2020): 44,485

Population (historic): 4,784 (1800); 15,079 (1830); 16,665 (1860); 21,490 (1890); 25,844 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1810; 1820–1850; 1860–1880; 1890–1950; 1960–2020

Subdivisions: Three cities; one CDP

National Register listings: 35

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,780 (9.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 30.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 14.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 16%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 15.1%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $611
Average outbuilding value (1930): $425
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 4,392
Average farm size (1920): 52.1 acres
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Glasgow

Namesake: Glasgow, Scotland

Founding: 1799 (platting); 1803 (post office); 1809 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 15,014

Population (historic): 244 (1810); 617 (1830); 733 (1870); 2,019 (1900); 5,042 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1830; 1840–1890; 1900–1980; 1990–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 557 (8.3%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *William Edmunds House (c. 1855). 1318 Beckton–Rocky Hill Road. Octagonal.
2. *James Martin House (1812). Berry Store Road, southeast of Buck Creek.
3. *Idlewild / William Wood Farm (c. 1850). Center Road, west of Knob Lick–Blue Springs Road. Greek Revival.
4. *Joseph Wooten House (1809). Crabtree Road, southwest of Skaggs Creek.
5. *Franklin Settle House (1842). Finney Road, at Settle's Road.
6. *John Mayfield House (c. 1830/1880). 4219 Old Bowling Green Road.
7. *Charles Edmunds Farm (1836–1837). 6421 Old Bowling Green Road. Federal.
8. *Landrum Log House. Renfro Road, west of Roseville Road. Razed.
9. *William Page Farm (1814–1815). Roseville Road, north of Mount Pleasant Branch.
10. *Henry Button House (c. 1860). Tompkinsville Road, southeast of Earlene Jones Road.